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Trump and Ozempic
He is on it. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/donald-trump-news-2024-weight-loss-ozempic.html Consider: Shout out to Mitchell Hauser
Trump and Ozempic
He is on it. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/04/donald-trump-news-2024-weight-loss-ozempic.html Consider: Shout out to Mitchell Hauser
Rick Rubin’s The Cat Person Act
One big insight is that some reallly good art comes from being attuned to the signals in the world around, and perhaps by being really very attuned you catch something earlier and better. (So, you should listen etc.) True in
Rick Rubin’s The Cat Person Act
One big insight is that some reallly good art comes from being attuned to the signals in the world around, and perhaps by being really very attuned you catch something earlier and better. (So, you should listen etc.) True in
Chaos FDA: folks are betting on it sitting out the game
During the Super Bowl, the telehealth folks at Hims & Hers ran an ad that their lawyers would not have let them run during Biden. It says something like “get our safe drug that’s cheaper and lose weight” but without
Chaos FDA: folks are betting on it sitting out the game
During the Super Bowl, the telehealth folks at Hims & Hers ran an ad that their lawyers would not have let them run during Biden. It says something like “get our safe drug that’s cheaper and lose weight” but without
Slashing the budget, the AI way
It’s neat that the general population is learning about the US budget. Welcome to the math folks! Last night at dinner in Dubai with the head of a major British agency, we went through the math. It’s actually a lot
Slashing the budget, the AI way
It’s neat that the general population is learning about the US budget. Welcome to the math folks! Last night at dinner in Dubai with the head of a major British agency, we went through the math. It’s actually a lot
Chaos science. It’s not just USAID
News today was that medical trials funded by USAID screeched to a halt this week. Stuff like AIDS prevention. But some of our LifeX founders have been pointing out other payments that might abruptly cease — NIH… NSF… Last week
Chaos science. It’s not just USAID
News today was that medical trials funded by USAID screeched to a halt this week. Stuff like AIDS prevention. But some of our LifeX founders have been pointing out other payments that might abruptly cease — NIH… NSF… Last week
Forget what it cost to train DeepSeek, look at the cost to *run* DeepSeek:
From here https://llm-stats.com/models/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-o1-2024-12-17
Forget what it cost to train DeepSeek, look at the cost to *run* DeepSeek:
From here https://llm-stats.com/models/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-o1-2024-12-17
Why haven’t you heard of LEAP in Saudi?
Only its 3rd year. But 250,000 people came last year. (WebSummit is 70k.) That makes it the largest tech event in the world. Though I don’t quite think it is the *best* for being biggest. Over the last decade, the
Why haven’t you heard of LEAP in Saudi?
Only its 3rd year. But 250,000 people came last year. (WebSummit is 70k.) That makes it the largest tech event in the world. Though I don’t quite think it is the *best* for being biggest. Over the last decade, the
Can we afford for everyone to have Ozempic? Yep.
Ignore for a second the cost savings of getting everyone on GLP-1s (60% of people are overweight or obese or diabetic in the US). Instead just consider if the hugely profitable business of Lilly and Novo could be just as
Can we afford for everyone to have Ozempic? Yep.
Ignore for a second the cost savings of getting everyone on GLP-1s (60% of people are overweight or obese or diabetic in the US). Instead just consider if the hugely profitable business of Lilly and Novo could be just as
Libertarianism, part 2
When one is a young intellectual economist, as I was, it’s quite attractive to follow libertarianism. You go so far right that you can end up left (Chomsky is basically a libertarian — “anarchy-syndicalist”), as I did. But societies are
Libertarianism, part 2
When one is a young intellectual economist, as I was, it’s quite attractive to follow libertarianism. You go so far right that you can end up left (Chomsky is basically a libertarian — “anarchy-syndicalist”), as I did. But societies are
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